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1980

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Funk

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Cheerleader

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Album	You	Global	Diff
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	5	2.33	+2.67
Moss Side Story Barry Adamson	5	2.52	+2.48
Blood And Chocolate Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5	2.9	+2.1
Ghosteen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	2.95	+2.05
Me Against The World 2Pac	5	3.25	+1.75
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Sinead O'Connor	5	3.27	+1.73
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	5	3.3	+1.7
Pornography The Cure	5	3.32	+1.68
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	5	3.33	+1.67
Blue Lines Massive Attack	5	3.39	+1.61

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Konnichiwa Skepta	1	2.73	-1.73
OK Computer Radiohead	3	4.12	-1.12

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Cure	3	4.67

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Listened to the entire album in 2024. Still holds up, great album from its era and arguably her best.

As someone who skipped American Idiot in favor of Green Day's earlier albums, it's an interesting listen: they dial up the pop-punk but also drive home stronger, more pointed messaging in their songwriting. I've always heard of AI as being the album where Green Day veered harder into pop than punk but, listening to the album cover to cover, I think that's not entirely fair. This is a transformative album and either you like what they become or you don't, but it isn't less punk for the glossy production.

Ray Charles is undoubtedly a talented singer and musician but the big band background of this double album does not serve him well.